Pad



May 19, 1931. G DE PAMPHlLls 1,805,761

PAD

Filed.June 12, 1929 y Q yENToR mma/zo ,e BY Z;

ATTORNEY Patented May 19,1931

' sire GENNARO DE PAMPHILIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAD

Application filedJune 12, 1929. Serial No.'3?0,204.

This invention relates to sheet pads in general and to the method of stacking sheets into pads in a' certain predeterminedmanner, and for certain purposes which will be presently evident.

The prime object of my invention is the method of producing a pad by stacking up a plurality of individual, unbound, uniformly sized sheets in such a manner as to facilitate "he separation and removal from the stack of the upper sheet or sheets, one or more sheets at a timepwithout disturbing the, remaining sheets. Another object of my invention it to proride means for accomplishing the primary object sought.

Tliefforegoing and further objects will be more fully apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings,

a preferred view ,therethrough, showing the pad sheets in elevation, and

Figure 3 is a front elevation ofmy devlce.

Referring to the figures, numeral 10' de :0 notes the base or had support of my pad holdor, preferably resting upon a pad 11, wh1eh may be made of rubber, felt or other resilient material. p

The pad support comprises a platform iiiii from which extend upwardly, edge portions adapted to limit the movement of thepad within'jthe holder. At one side of the pad there will be observed an upright edge portion 12, provided with an aperture 13, adapted to receive a cord, chain or spring, not sh wn in the drawmgs, connectlng a pencil to the pad holder.

At the front of the pad holder an inclined edge portion 14 maybe observed which is joined with the edge portion 12. Edge portion 14 is rounded at its upper right hand corner, as can be seenat 15. Opposite edge portion 12 there-willbe observed a somewhat'shorter edge portion 16, indicated in 50 broken lines in Figure' 2.

forming part of my disclosure, but by no the pad holder.

edge of the lowermost sheet, but also beyond At the rear of edgeportionsor guards 12 p and 16, there! are provided extensions 17 in; which arecut slots 18, thelpurpose of which will be explain-ed presently. The rear edge V of the device is indicated at 19. This rear;

edge is inclined similarlyto the front edge portion" it and is provided with a cut-out, indicated at 20. L

Placed near-the rearendfportion 19 and between the rear ends of the'ed'ge portions to 12 and 16, there will be observed afweight 21,'loosely fitting in the holder." Extending from the weight member 21 are screws or rivets, indicated at 22, which project through guide slots 18 of extensions '17. These slots -s' are inclined parallel to the rear and front edge portions and form guides for'the weight member 21. l I

Arranged below the weight member '21 and held within the several edge portions of the pad holder, is a 'stackof uniformly'sized, unbound, loose sheets forming a pad. Due tov the arrangement of the rear and front edges, the stack of sheets necessarily assumes'the shape, of a parallelogramrnatic prism. 7e Weight member 21 compresses the sheet [stack near the inclined rear edge so as to prevent the sheets from voluntarily leaving Due to" the, fact that the frontedge ofthe stack ofsheets isjinclined, it is readily, evident that this'jarrangement facilitates the separation of the topmost sheet orshe'ets from the restfof; the pad.

in order to still further increase the facility of lifting the sheets from the pad holder, and particularly when the stack of sheets has diminished in size, Iprefer to round off 7 the right hand corner of the supportingplatform 10, as indicated'at 22. f

In the foregoing de sc'ription and in the' drawings 1 have dwelled' upon the fact that only the front and the rear edge portions are inclined; be itunderstood, however that it is readily practical to incline all four edges so as to force the stack of sheets to not only extend towards the front but also towards one or the other side, preferably to'theright side so that the. corner 23 of the uppermost sheet will not only extend beyond the front note pad to be placed upon a desk.

the right hand side edge thereof. This arrangement is not shown in the drawing since it is obvious that such arrangement may be readily accomplished, as explained above. It will be obvious that in case the stack of sheets is arranged in this manner, the right hand outer corner of the sheets can be picked up with still grea er ease than is possible in the arrangement shown in the drawing.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the cut-out 20 permits lifting the weight bar 21 when a stack of sheets is placed into the holder.

The arrangement and function of my de vice, as shown in the drawings and as de scribed above, clearly sets forth in which manner a plurality of, sheets may be stacked into pad formand held in that form so as to permit the removal of the topmost sheet while the rest of the stack is not affected.

It is ob'viousthat the application of this method or principle may find manifold use, one of which is its application as a paper or It is further obvious that the ar'iicie may be usec for permanent advertising purposes, in that an advertising label or other advertising matter is'placed upon the weight bar.

It is obvious that the method of forming paper pads, as described above, not only decreases considerably the cost of note pads by eliminating the binding together of the sheets, and by permitting the stacking up of an unlimited quantity of loose sheets, but also by facilitating the keeping of the pad at a uniform thickness by replacing used sheets.

WVhile I have shown and explained certain forms, it is evident that changes and varia tions may be made within the scope of my invention, and I therefore reserve for myself the right to make such changes or improvements without departing from the broad scope thereof.

I-claimf V 1. A sheet pad holder, comprising a pad support having upright and inclined padlimiting means, said upright pad "limit ng means provided with weight guides, and a .weight bar arranged between and having portions slidably mounted within said guides for exerting a pressure in the direction towards said pad support.

2. A sheet pad holder, comprising; a pad support having a plurality of upturned go portions forming pad-limiting; means, one of said edge portions being inclined'relative to said pad support and extending over sub stantially the entire width of the latter, a.

stack orpad of individual, ununited, uniformly sized sheets arranged upon said pad support; one of the edges of said pad abutting with thefinclined edge portion of sa1d pad support, thereby caus ng the formation of an incline at the edge of the pad disposed opposite to the abutting edge, said upturned racer/e1 edge portions which are not inclined relatwo to sa1d pad support provided with weight guides, a weight bar in engagement with said guides adapted for a downward movement and further adapted to rest upon and coinpress said sheet pad, allowing the removal of the topmost sheets without disturbing the sheets of the rest of the pad.

3. A sheet pad holder, comprising a pad support having a plurality of upturned edges forming upright and inclined pad-limiting means, the inclined limiting means serving as abutment for a stock of individual, unattached sheets, said upright means provided with weight guides,'a weight bar, capable of a downward movement, disposed between and having portions slidable in said guides and adapted to compress a stock or pad of sheets resting upon said pad support, al lowing the removal of the uppermost sheets without disturbing the remaining sheets.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

GENNARO DE PAMPHILIS. 

